From: "Brian Schröder" <ruby.brian@...>
Date: 2005-08-03T21:22:54+09:00
Subject: Re: symbols in C extensions

On 03/08/05, Paolo Capriotti <p.capriotti@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a better (i.e. faster) way to create a symbol in a C
> extension than writing: rb_eval_string(":my_symbol")?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paolo.
> 
> 

From README.EXT:

 :Identifier

You can get the symbol value from a string within C code by using

  rb_intern(const char *name)

regards,

Brian


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